Hollering Blaisdells Plan for Million Dollar Inheritance
In Hillerton the Blaisdells react to a letter from their cousin Stanley Fulton announcing a large inheritance. They argue over mourning and public interest while relatives jockey for position and speculation about more funds to come. Benny delivers the hopeful news that leads to further family plans as Mr. Smith worries aloud about Maggie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Blaisdell
Jane
Mrs. Jane
Hattie
Harriet Blaisdell
Bessie
Mr. Smith
Frank Blaisdell
Jim
Mellicent
Stanley
Flora
Blaisdells
Harriet
Frank
Hillerton
Telehone
Chicago
Scott
Mr Smith
Bessie Blaisdell
Gaylords
Mrs. Harriet
Benny
Tommy Hooker
Africa
Mr. Pennock
Stanley G. Fulton
South America
Maggie
Ms. Smith
Miss Flora
Dr Hamilton's Pills Promises Health for Women
An old advertisement urges women in poor health to use Dr Hamilton's Pills as a cleansing blood purifying remedy. It claims the medicine clears wastes, regulates the bowels, improves blood, and boosts energy for lasting well being, priced 25 cents at dealers of The Catarrhozone Co Montreal.
Riches reshape plans for Benny and family in a tale
Benny boasts of wealth as the family contemplates moving from the East Side to a house of their own. Plans unfold for Fred to attend college Mellicent to choose her path, Bessie to finish, and Flora to design dresses. The scene ends with Frank Blaisdell’s chuckle and a promise to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Emmy
Benny
Gaylords
Frank
East Side
Fred
Mies
Flora
Mrs. Harriet
Bess
Mell
Mrs. Jane
Mellicent
Miss Flora
Frank Blaisdell
Flo
Market In Cuba For Canadian Goods
H A Chisholm Canadian Trade Commissioner says Cuba Mexico the British West Indies and Latin America form virgin markets for Canadian manufacture. He notes brushes boats textiles road building gear autos trucks canned goods and fish as promising exports and highlights the British West Indies tariff as a gateway to Britain America markets and Central America including Panama and Costa Rica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Chisholm
Cuba
Mexico
British West Indies
Chisholm
Colombo
Costa Rica
Panama
Central America
Banana Tree as Curiosity in Vegetable Kingdom
The banana is described as a curiosity of the vegetable kingdom being not a tree or herb but a herbaceous plant reaching up to thirty feet without woody fibre. Bunches on the dwarf plant are often heavier than the stalk supporting them.
Change of Water Causes Diarrhoea in Moving People
The article notes that people moving between places are highly susceptible to diarrhoea due to changes in water, climate, and diet. It emphasizes prompt treatment and draws attention to public health guidance amid travel.
Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry endorsed by users
Mrs Ernest S Beaton of Grayburn Saskatchewan reports her two daughters suffered diarrhoea after water changes but improved after using Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry. The ad touts a 76 year reputation and notes price and distributor The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest S. Beaton
Grayburn, Sask
Dr. Fowler
Wes Fe
T. Milburn Co. Limited
Toronto
Armistice Day Poppy Campaign Planned Across Canada
The Great War Veterans Association outlines a national red poppy memorial plan to honor war dead. Poppies sold for small sums fund unemployed relief and aid French war orphans, with distribution centers via local branches and church and business group support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Command
Great War Veterans’ Association
United States
Madame E. Guerin
French Children’s League
Madame Guerin
Port Arthur
G.W.V.A
Boards of Trade
Sockeye Salmon Catch Shrinking in Pacific Waters
The 1920 Fraser River and Puget Sound sockeye catch totaled 107,252 cases, far below 1913’s 2,357,695 with a value near 30 million dollars. The Dominion Fisheries Branch warns without international action the fishery will exhaust in a few years. Prior “big years” include 1905 with 1,662,942 cases and 1919 with 1,640,152. 1918 hit a low of 67,572.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraser River
Puget Sound
Dominion Fisheries Branch
For the Volga Peasant special paper by Petrograd editors
The Petrograd compositors publish a paper titled For the Volga Peasant at the price of 1,000 roubles per copy to aid famine relief. General Brusiloff contributes an article arguing famine as humanity's worst foe, predicting extinction of the nation and ruin of the peasant class if famine continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Volga
General Brusiloff
Regina Man Credits Tanlac To Relief From Indigestion
Aleck G. Munro of 1261 McTavish Street Regina says Tanlac cured his severe indigestion and gas, restoring appetite and sleep and enabling him to work better than in years. He urges others who suffer to take Tanlac, sold by leading druggists nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleck G. Munro
McTavish Street
Regina
Empire Strength and Bolshevik Threat After War
The London Morning Post argues Britain’s victory relied on the Dominions and the Empire. It warns internal disease, Bolshevik influence, and a shift in economic thinking threaten postwar stability and the distribution of wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Lenine
Trotsky
London Morning Post
Golfer Exchanges Quip With Caddie At Spare Moments
In Spare Moments a golfer quips about past rounds to a silent response from his caddie who says he heard the remark clearly and is considering it. The exchange captures a tense moment on the course.
Women of Java Learn Western Theories of Equality
The text notes that Javaese women are being taught western equality concepts with men and that the suffrage movement progresses slowly yet is believed to reach success eventually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Barbary Horse Said to Derive from North African Zebra
The Barbary horse, considered an ancestor of modern thoroughbreds, is described as having originated from the zebra of North Africa, according to historic accounts. The claim links the Barbary breed to traits seen in far eastern and North African equines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
One-Man Builder Frank D Johnson Keeps Erecting Homes
Frank D Johnson of Brooklyn continues to build and sell homes solo at Gravesend Avenue. Despite nearing 72 and a lightning strike last July, he recovered quickly and remains active. A self taught expert, he handles masonry, carpentry, plumbing, tiling, and legal real estate knowledge to save fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank D. Johnson
Brooklyn
Gravesend Avenue
Johnson
Simple rule for day and night length by sun times
The passage explains a method to determine day and night lengths by doubling sunrise to get night length and doubling sunset to obtain day length, noting a simple mathematical relationship with solar times. It treats any day in May as calculable using this rule.
Local Shop Clerk Calms Worried Customer
A clerk responds to a customer’s concern about business saying the owner is not worried since the customer does not own the store. The exchange encourages patronizing local merchants to strengthen the community.
Georgia disputes California claim of woman railroad president
Georgia asserts it has the only real woman railroad president, pointing to Mrs. Cora B. Williams of the Florida and Alabama Railway, a 200 mile line, as the true example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
America
Georgia
Cora B. Williams
Florida and
Alabama Railway
The Richest Village Saves For Holidays
Shaw in Lancashire, famed as England’s richest wartime township for War Loan investment, saved £3 1s 6d per head for this year’s holidays, following a record £4 13s per head last year. The Cooperative Society distributed £24,000 among its members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Lancashire
England
Cooperative Society
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Soviet
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Coca-Cola Company
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